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Peer reviewedLu, John H-T. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1980
Studies, using Mandarin Chinese as a test case: (1) the interaction of syntax and semantics when quantifiers and negatives co-occur; (2) the linear interpretation of quantifiers when the universal and existential quantifiers co-occur; (3) the logical relationship between them; and (4) the basic word order of existential sentences involving…
Descriptors: Chinese, Deep Structure, Negative Forms (Language), Semantics
Peer reviewedLi, Cheng-ching – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1980
Explores the role of negative marking in the mapping of the semantic and syntactic structures of Taiwanese modals on to their surface structure in terms of syntactic transformations. Particular attention is paid to the process of lexical fusion as it occurs in such negative forms as "be" and "m." (Author/PJM)
Descriptors: Chinese, Morphemes, Negative Forms (Language), Phrase Structure
